u/gothicgarlicbread

Hi everybody! Esthetician student here! I’m attending esthetics school and want to mainly do waxing when I get out. Of course I’m going to offer everything else but I wanna really be the wax girl. I do think I’m getting a good education but I’m also the one who, if I do something and get a bad result or it isn’t done well it will eat at me, and I know that’s something I need to work on because I am still new of course and mistakes is how I learn. I feel extremely confident in legs, underarms, and brows. I did a brazlian along with another student who is really good at them, and I did about 70% of it and it came out very good. She gets them regularly so her hair was very thin and sparsed which I believe worked in my favor. I volunteered to do another one the very next day, maybe feeling too confident from the previous one. It was my clients first brazlian and my first one on my own. Of course she was very jumpy and was complaining of it hurting the whole time, which I think got me nervous and in my head and made me mess up, but of course it’s all me. I got the mound very well and the butt strips went well. But when I was in the labia area, I just was struggling to the point I had to get my teacher and I felt more bad than anything about her hurting. The wax we use is the Cirepil Blue wax. For some reason I just couldn’t lay a clean strip in that area, I couldn’t make a lip, etc. It was honestly a shit show so it weighed on me all day. The next day my husband was kind enough to come in and let me wax what little hair he had on his back. I did everything correctly. Checked the wax temp, cleansed, babypowder, proper techniques, everything. He had a histamine reaction, which I know isn’t uncommon at all. But it was the worst I’ve ever seen. 3 days later and it’s STILL red and bumpy. It doesn’t hurt or itch or anything. I’m starting to believe it could also be the rosin in the wax. But of course I’m not deflecting any blame onto myself because at the end if the day it is me who has caused this. I know it’s alot but, what did you guys do to help with brazlians and techniques? bad reactions to wax? My biggest fear is now getting a client for their first wax ever and then them having this reaction still days later and my name smeared as an esthetician. My mind has been everywhere over it and it’s extremely discouraging. I know practice makes perfect, but a brazlian is something that is very hard to come by in school, and I don’t want all of them to be like shit, then graduate and still be shit. And the the reaction to wax is also discouraging because if he weren’t my husband, it could’ve very well been an angry customer. I’m not sure, just needed to rant to a safe place as a very discouraged esti student who is second guessing herself.

Hi all! I’d like to say I’m still in esti school but I’d like to try to get my toes out in the water.We use Dermalogica at school, which seems to be a fine brand and seems to have something for everything by with the array of products they have. But I don’t want to settle for what I use in school, and want to be better and expand. I came into school with bad skin, and I’ve been applying what I’ve learned to myself and it has helped alot, and I’ve been using the Raya brand. I’ve thought about using that because they have a huge variety of products,are more gentle and I like the actives they use. But, it’s been nailed into my head at school that if it’s available on amazon or available to public use and not licensed professionals only, it isnt worth it. But I love Raya from everything I’ve used and tried. GlyMed is also on amazon, which has me conflicted because I’ve heard of LOTS of estis use them. I was wondering if it would be more beneficial to have a brand like Sorella or Circadia in my room? Would it make me unprofessional or seem cheap if I use a brand that’s available for everyone? I see pros & cons for both and I could be overthinking it but I want to provide the best services I can and have a good brand for my clients skin.